2021

New appointments at Roseberys and Ryedale Auctioneers are among the latest moves and appointments in the art and antiques sector.

With estimates from £80-5000 here are four previews of upcoming items this week.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of a Chinese bowl discovered in a yard sale and bought for just $35 making a major sum at Sotheby’s.

BADA Friends, part of The British Antique Dealers' Association, ran a virtual schedule through lockdown but is returning to physical events.

ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a rare example of the largest toy car made by the German maker Johann Distler that sold for over 20-times estimate in Dunfermline.

Masterpiece London has postponed the physical edition of its fair this year but The Petworth Park Antiques & Fine Art Fair is to go ahead this summer.

Olympia Auctions is planning to raise money for cultural institutions suffering due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A Bulgarian man has been jailed for two years after antiquities estimated to be worth more than £76,000 were found in his lorry by Border Force in Dover, Kent.

Artefacts found buried in the ground by metal detectors across the UK has yet again increased Treasure finds allowing museums to boost their collections.

With estimates from £150-15,000 here are five previews of upcoming items this week.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of a Mouseman figure setting a new high for a Robert Thompson oak carving.

A Daniel Quare pocket watch has gone missing in transit and its owner hopes the trade may help locate it.

ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a rare Victorian fishing reel that made over 10-times estimate in Dorset.

A wax seal matrix bought at auction by National Museums Scotland has revealed how James V of Scotland (1512-42) treated one of his illegitimate sons.

A new fair director in London, a promotion at Bonhams US and a new auction location in South Africa - here is a round-up of the latest moves.

Global trade widely affected by pandemic but online sales double in value

Sotheby’s is staging a three-lot sale of exceptional items from the collection of luxury shoe designer Stuart Weitzman this summer.

With estimates from £100-25,000 here are five previews of upcoming items this week.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of the locations for the recording of the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow for 2021.

The appeal of items once owned by Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) has grown in recent years.